Cap-making and bottling machine.



P. MLLER. CAP MAKING AND BOTTLING MAGHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1912.

Patented sept. 3o, 191s.

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AIJPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 18 i912.

Patented Sept. l30, 1913.

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P. MLLER. GAP MAKING AND BOTTLI'NG MACHINE. i

Patented sept. 30,1913.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1912.

P. MLLER.

GAP MAKING AND BOTTLING MACHINE. APPLIoATIoN FILED SEPT. 1a, 1912.

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F. MLLER. .GAP MAKING AND BOTTLING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1912.

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Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

FRIEDERICH MLLER, 0F HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN* MENTS, TO THE AMERICAN DANSTGPPER COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTI- CUT, .A CORPORATION 0F CQNNECTIGUT.

` CAP-MAKING AND BOTTLING MACHINE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

Application filed September 18, 1912. Serial No. 721,053.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRIEDERIC'H MLLER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsl in Cap-Making and Bottling Machines, of which 'the following is a full and clear specification.

This invention relates to cap making and bottling machines wherein the malleable cap is stamped from a sheet of metal and applied to a bottle, jar, or other like vessel for the distribution of beverages and foods of various kinds.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an improved construction, combination and arrangement of parts in a machine of this'character, whereby capsules can be constructed in large quantities and supplied to bottling depots or` wherever used.

This invention furthermore contemplates improved means by which said capsules may be applied to the bottles or other containers and secured to said containersby the automatic operation of the machine. Said machine is particularly serviceable in connection with capsules embodying an outer shell of soft malleable metal int-o which corks or sealing disks of any character, with or without their paper backings, can be inserted and the stopper thus constructed applied to filled bottles or the like, as they are successively fed to the machine. Other and further objects will appear in the specifica-tion and be pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, exemplifying the invention and in which,

Figure 1 is a top plan View of one enr bodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a combined side elevation and section approximately on the line II-II, Fig. l, parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation corresponding to the. line III-IIL Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a section on the line IV- IV, Fig. l; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section on the line V-V, Fig. 6; Fig. 6 isa fragmentary section on the line VI-VI, Fig. 4, parts being shown in plan; 7 is a fragmentary section on the line VII-VIL Fig. 1; Fig. ,8 is a detail plan view of the die block to behereinafter referred to; Fig. 9 is a horizontal section on approximately the broken line IX-IX, Fig. 2, parts being broken away and parts omitted for the sake of clearness; Fig. 10 is a fragmentary plan view taken from below on the line X`X, Fig. 2.

In the following description of the present embodiment of this invention, it will be obvious that various modifications in the construction and arrangement of parts can be made in embodyingthe kinematic principles underlying the broad scope of my invention. Referring more particularly to the draw-- ings, the present embodiment of my invention has a standard 1, and a bed frame 2, surmounted by a standard 3. The upper portion of the standard l is provided with a pair of spaced bearing brackets 4 (see Fig. 1) within which is journaled a transverse cam shaft 5. On one end of the cam shaft 5 is keyed a worm wheel 6, with which meshes a worm 177 on the rear end of a power shaft 7, said power shaft being provided with a drive pulley 8, which may` be driven in any, suitable manner. Intermediately of the bearing brackets 4, the. cam shaft 5 has keyed thereto a cam disk 9 which is provided in one face with a cam groove 185, within which runs a. cam roller 10 on the upper end of a cam lever 11. (See Fig. 2). The lever 11 swings'about its pivot 12, which projects. laterally from a fin or web 13, forming an extension of the standard l. Upon its opposite face, said cam is provided with another cam groove 187 within which travels a cam roller 61a (see Figs.

2 and 3), which operates the closure apply- 'ing device in the manner yto be hereinafter pointed out. As shown in Fig. 2, the lower end of the lever 11 has a connection yoke 14 pivoted thereto at 15, the yoke 14 being in turn pivoted to a connecting rod. 16 in a manner to form a universal coupling be` tween the lever 11 and rod 16. The. forward end of the connecting rod 16* is pivoted at 17 to a second connecting yoke 18, which, as shown best in Fig. 10, is pivoted at 19 t0 a radially mounted plate 20, in a manner to form therewith a universal connection to permit a ready movement of the parts. Pivotally mounted on the plate 2O at 21, is a pawl 22 which is thereby adapted to drive a ratchet 23. which is rigidly con nected in any suitable manner with a circular disk 24, the periphery of the disk 24 being provided with a plurality of notches 25, for releasably engaging a roller 26 (see Fig. 9) journaled in the end of a bolt 27, which is recirocably mounted in a cylindrical housing 28, which projects rearwardly from the partition web 29 of the standard l. The rear end of the reciprocable bolt 29 is provided with a socket foil the reception of a helical spring 30, one end of said spring being in abutment with the bottom wall of said socket and the other end thereof being in abutment with an adjusting screw 31, which is threaded in the en d wall of the casing 28. By means of this construction, it will be obvious that whenever tlie disk 24 is periodically rotated, the reciprocable bolt 27 will act as a detent for temporarily retaining the disk 24 in position. Q

As shown in Fig. 2, the standard 1 is provided with a pair of pads 32 on its forward face, to which are secured in any suitable manner, the base flanges 33 and 34 of a pair of. vertically spaced bearings 35 and 36. Journaled within the bearings 35 and 36, is an upright shaft 37, to the lower end of which is rigidly secured the notched disk 24. It will be seen therefore that the periodic movement imparted to the disk 24 is transmitted by the shaft 37 to a rotary table 38, which is rigidly mounted upon the upper endof the shaft 37 by means of a nut 39 threaded to a reduced portion 40 of said vertical shaft and holding the table 38 down on a shoulder formed thereby. Rigidly secured to the upper end of the pedestal 1 and preferably supported directlv by the. upper bearing 35, (see Figs. 7 and 8) is a combination die and jig plate 41. Said plate is cut away along theA lines 42 (see Fig. 8) for the reception of the rotatable plate 38 on the upper end of the shaft 37, which is journaled in the opening 43 in register with the bearing hole of the bearing 35. In addition, said plate 41 is provided with a circular opening 44 through which the previously prepared cork inserts 45 may be passed one by one into a groove 46, which extends throughout the length of the left branch of the plate 41. As shown in Fig. 7 a hopper tube 47 is mounted upon the opening 44 for housing a supply of the cork disks, which have previously had the usual paper backings applied thereto. Reciprocably mounted in the groove 46 is a loading slide 48, which is provided in its forward end with a circular opening for the reception of cork disks or. the like one by one, one of these disks being shown in position to be inserted in Fig. 7 and in the manner to be hereinafter ,described. The rear end of the slide 48 is pivotally connected to a slotted block 49 carried by a dovetailed slide 50, which as shown in F1gs`. 2 and 7 is reciprocably mounted in a dovetailed guide 51, having a slot 52 in the rearwall thereof. Projecting through the slot 52, is a stud 53, which carries a roller 54 (see Figs. 1 and 2). Said roller 54 travels in a canrslot 55, which is provided in the peripheral face of a cam 56 (see Fig. 1), said cam being keyed to the cam shaft 5 above referred to. Referring again to Figs. 2 and 7, it will be noted thata pair of vertical spaced guides 57 are arranged to reciprocably mount a slide 58, said slide being provided with a rectangular opening into which the rounded end59 of one arm of a bell crank lever 60 extends to impart a reciprocatory movement to the slide 58. For this purpose, the bell crank lever 60 is pivotally mounted upon a stud 61. The other arm ofthe bell crank lever 60' is provided with a fork 186 at itsupper end, within which reciprocates a stud, carrying cam roller 6la (see Figs. 2 and 3). Said stud projects laterally from the depending arm 62 of a bell crank lever, which is pivoted upon a stud 88 and has an elongated forwardly extending arm l63, said arm 63 being provided with a depending extremity 64 for the purpose to be presently explained. Said cam roller 61a travels in a groove in the lateral face of the cam 9 already referred to. Rigid with the slide 58 is a cross bar 65 to which is secured on one side a plunger 66 which is adapted in its upward and downward movements to insert the cork disks 45 in the manner to be presently referred to. On the other end of said cross bar 65 is secured a Similar plunger 67, the upper end of whichis adapted to cup the cap blank after its separation from the metal tape. Below the upper end and on opposite sides of the plunger 67, a pair of knurling or roughing lugs 68 project from the plunger 67 in a position to stamp a number of irregularities in the finger lobes which project from the cap and whereby t-he cap is removed from the bottle.

As shown' in Figs. 1 and 4 a bearing fork 69 is rigidly mounted upon one end wall of the standard l, said fork being pro-vided with a pair of bearing bosses 70, within which is' journaled a stub shaft 71 for journaling a drum or spool 72 upon which the soft malleable metal strip is wound in a coil 73. As shown in Fig. 7, the end of the strip 73 is passedbetween a pair or cop erating feed rolls 74, which are journaled respectively on pins or studs 75 suitably mounted above and below the plane of travel of the tape 73. In order to provide suitable and efficient means for feeding the tape 73 one of the feed rolls 74 is under resilient pressure adapting it to clamp the tape 73 between it and the other feed roll 74. In the embodiment shown in the drawings, this feature is provided for by mounting the. upperfeed roll 74 upon a slide 76, which reciprocates between suitably spaced guides 77 and carries the liournal pin 75 of the upper roll. Surmounting the guides 77, is a yoke 173 within which is threaded a stud 174. Projecting upwardly from the slide 76, is a post 175 which carries a spring 176, said spring having its upper end in abutment with the stud 174 and serving to impart the resilient pressure to the slide 76. The tape 73 thus fed, passes above a die block 78 and between it and a stripper plate 79.

Said die block 78 and stripper plate 79 are provided with 'apertures 80 which correspond in vshape substantially with the outline of the cap blank as it is to be stamped from the metal strip. The die block 78 is preferably supported by a hollow member or beam 81. The punch 82 is provided with a stem 83 threaded to receive a pair of lock nuts 84, 'which-secure the stem 83 to a boss 85 projecting from a slide 86. Said slide 86 is provided with a slot for the reception of the end of a crank arm 87, which is keyed to the end of a short shaft 88 4to which the cap displacing bell crank lever 63 1s keyed (see Fig. 1). The said shaft 88 is iournaled in an elongated bearing 89 supported on the pedestal 1.- Referring again to Fig. '7, a vertically movable table or platen 90 substantially conforming to the punch 82, both of these members having the cross sectional shape corresponding to the aperture 80, is cushioned from below by a spring 91, which abuts at one en'd against a supporting diskI 92 and at its other against an adjustment screw 93, said screw being provided with an integral post 94 extending thro-ugh the coils of the springl 91, and retaining said spring in position while providing means'v for ad-A justing the force of the spring as desired.

In the present embodiment, the feeding movement is imparted to the tape 73 by means of the following mechanism: By an inspection of Fig. 6 it will be noted that the stud 75 which carries the lower feed roll 74 is provided with a reduced portion which is journaled in the frame and held in position by a nut 95. The outer reduced end 96 of the stud 75 is journaled in the bearing boss `97 on the outer end of a bracket 98, which is rigidly secured to the frame, as shown in Fig. 6. As shown in this figure, the lower feed ro-ll 74 is keyed to a sleeve 99 which is journaled upon the stud 75 and is separa-ted by an enlargement of the sleeve from a gear .100 which is also keyed to the sleeve 99 and meshes with a gear 101 (see Fig. 1.) which is keyed to the upper feed roll shaft for imparting movement to the upper feed roll. As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, a stop disk 102 is keyed to the shaft 75 and has its periphery contacting with a stop roll 103 which is retained in a triangularrecess 104 in the bracket arm 98. The stop roll 103 acts in the capacity of a detent, permitting the stop disk 102 to be rotated freely in one direction but serving to block its movement in an opposite direction. Laterally abutting against the stop disk 102 and also keyed to the sleeve 99,\is a clutch disk 105 provided with peripheral recesses 106 for the reception of rolls 107 which are normally pressed into frictional engagement with the inner cylindrical wall of an operating collar 108 by means of compression springs 109. A-driving'arm 110 which projects radially from the collar 108, is provided with a slot 111 for the reception of afpin 112, which carries an anti-friction roller 113 on which the upper end of a connecting link 1 14 (see Figs. 4 and 6) is journaled. The collar 108 is freely journaled upon the reduced portion 115 of the stud 75, being retained in operative position by a nut 116. The lower end ofthe link 114 is pivoted at 117 to alever arm 118 which is rigidly secured to a pin 119, which is journaled in the frame. The pin 119 extends through the frame, a cam lever 120 see dotted lines in Fig. 4) being keyed to the other end thereof and provided at its upper end With a cam roller 121. Said cam roller 121 runs in a cam slot 122, which extends around the peripheral face of the cam 123, which is keyed to the cross shaft 5.

' Referring more especially to Figs. 1 and 2, the bed frame 2 serves to rotatably mount a bottle supporting table 124 provided around its periphery with a plurality of spaced Sockets l125 in which plungers 126 are adapt- `ed to rise and fall under the action of cushion springs 127. The upper ends of the plungers 126 are provided with disks or plates 128 adapted to hold a bottle or other container' 129, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. A spindle 130 which is forced to rotate with the rotary table 124, has a table plate 131 rigidly mounted thereon at its upper end, thus insuring a corresponding rotary movement of the tables 124 and 131. As shown in Fig. 1, the upper plate 131 is provided with peripheral spaced recesses 1.82 which are adapted by their shape to retain the bottles or containers 129 in position during the rotary movement, but permit said retainers to be remo-ved therefrom when they are displaced relatively to the plate 131 in the direction of rotation of said plate.`

For imparting the rotary movements to smV these plates, a gear 183, from which the shaft130 derives its power meshes with the driving gear 134, which is keyed to the lower end of the vertical shaft 37 and hence partakes of the periodic movement of said shaft. Disposed around the periphery of the rotary disk 38 are a plurality of cap receiving and transferring sockets, each con sisting essentially (see fig. 7) of a cup socket 135, which is locked in an aperture in the disk 88, by means of a nut 186. A plun ger 137 is provided with a stem 138 which is reciprocably mounted in the socket 135, being normally retained in elevated position by a spring 139 which is interposed between the socket 135 and an enlargement 140 on the upper end of the stem 138. As shown in Fig. 2, the enlargement 140 is adapted at periodic intervals to be impinged by the depending end 64 of the cap displacing lever arm 63, thus serving to transfer the 'caps 141 from the cap making device directly to the bottle or vessel 129. Surmounting the pedestal or upright 3 is a box or housing 142 for reciprccably mounting a slide 143 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 between oppositely disposed guide bars 144. Said slide is provided wi'th a boss 145 for reciprocably mounting a plunger 146, said plunger beingprovided on its lower end with a cap securing socket 147. Interposed between the bearing boss 145 and the socket 147, is a spring 148 which cushions the movement of the socket 147. Suitable and eliicicnt means for operatingthe 'slide reciprocating mechanisxn, is provided by a stub shaft 149, which is journaled in the standard 3 and has keyed thereto a worm wheel 150. Said worm Wheel 150 meshes with a worm 178 which is keyed to the drive shaft 7. Keyed to the s transverse shaft 149 is a cam disk`17 9, which is provided with a cam groove 180 in the front face thereof. Projecting rearwardly from the slide 143 is a pin 181 which carries a cam roller 182 running in the cam slot 180.

If for any reason it is desired to adapt the machine to automatically terminate its op erations, any suitable mechanism can be employed. Thus for example to automatically throw out the machine when the supply of filled vessels has become exhausted the following mechanism can be advantageously employed: As shown in Fig. 2, each of the plungers 126 is provided with a projecting lug 151 which as the table rotates is'adapted to bear against the outer end of a rod 152 (see Fig. 9) in the event that a bottle or vessel is not carried thereby to depress it below said pin 152. The pin 152 is reciprocably mounted in a laterally projecting portion 153 of the lower bearing 36, being normally pressed outward by a spring 154 interposed between the projection 153 and a collar 155 on the rod 152. The inner end of the rod 152 is provided with a wedge shaped block 156 which slidably engages one end of a reciprocating rod 157, which is normally pressed in one direction by a spring 158.

On the other'end of the rod 157 is a corresponding wedge block 159 which slidably engages the lower end of a bent lever 160 pivotally mounted at its lower end on a pin 161 carried by a bracket 162, secured to the web of the standard 1. The upper end of the lever 160 is provided with a` clutch operatin fork 163 with inturned pins 164 see Fig. 1 for engaging in a peripheral groove tube.

ner (not shown on the drawings).

By an inspection of Figs.- 2 and 4, it will be noted that the hopper tube 47 is provided with oppositely disposed slots 183 through which a pair of rotary brushes 169 project for the purpose of preventing adherence hetween the stacked disks of cork, which are successively drawn from the bottom of said Said brushes are carried by arbors 170 which are in turn driven by intermeshing gears 171. A pulley 172 (see Fig. 1) may be keyed to one of said arbors for operating this mechanism, said pulley being driven by a belt 184 which preferably receives its power from the countershaft (not shown) with which the pulley 8 is connected by belt.

The operation of my improved machin will now be readily understood and briefly stated is as follows: Referring rst to Fig. 7, the endless strip of malleable metal is periodically fed by the feed rolls 74 over the aperture 80 and under the stamping punch 82, which simultaneouslyA cuts and depresses the ca`p blank out of the plane of said strip 73. Immediately upon the upward movement of the punch' 84, the spring 91 forces the table 90 upwardly and the blank is pressed back into the plane of the strip 73, thereby allowing it to be conveyed forward by the Vnext movement of the strip 73 until it registers with the stamping plunger 67, which foi-'ms the cap and imparts the knurled or roughened surface to the lobes projecting therefrom in the manner already indicated.y After the plunger 67 has been withdrawn, the next periodic movement of the machine rotates the table 38 .forces one of the disks upwardly into the cap. Prior to this movement, however, the slide 48 being in its extreme left hand position, has permitted one of the cork disks 45 to become lodged in the aperture in said slide and upon the subsequent movement of the slide to the right, is drawn from the stacking tube 47` arid moved into register with the plunger 66, which thereupon inserts it' into the cap. The next periodic movement of the table 38 carries the completed cap under the depending end of the displacing lever 63, as shown in Fig. 2, said lever being immediately thereafter operated a part of said device, means fonpresenting a filled vessel in suitable position to have the cap transferred from said die directly on to said filled vessel, and means for applying said cap from the cap-shaping die, directly to the filled vessel.

2. The combination with a machine which embodies a cap shaping die and means for displacing a cap from said die, of mechanism-for presenting a series of vessels sucv cessively into suitable relative position with respect to the cap shaping die to adapt said cap displacing means to apply the cap directly to the vessel.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination ofcap forming means including ya cap forming die, means for applying caps from said die to recepta- `cles, means for transferring the cap forming die from a cap forming position to a cap applying position and means for successively presenting at the cap applying position a series of receptacles.

4. In a machine of the character de# scribed, the combination of cap shaping means including a cap shaping die, means for applying caps from said die to receptacles, and means whereby said die and a receptacle may be brought into suitable relative positions to have a cap from said die applied to said receptacle.

5. In a machine of the character described, a die socket suitably mounted to successively and temporarily assume a plurality of different positions, saidJ die socket being presented downwardly, a plunger suitably mounted and disposed to coperate with said die socket in one of said positions, said plunger being adapted to stamp a flat blank into said die Asocket to form a bottle cap, a bottle carrier suitably mounted to successively present 'a-plurality of bottles immediately below and coaxial with said die socket in another of its positions7 and means for transferring the cap from the die socket directly to the mouth of said bottle. -f

6. In a machine of the character described, a die socket suitably mounted to successively and temporarily. assume a plurality of different positions, said die socket being presented downwardly, a4 plunger suitably mounted and disposed to coperate with said die socket in one of said positions, said plunger being adapted to stamp a flat blank into said vdie socket to form-a bottle cap, a bottle carrier suitably mounted to successively present a plurality of bottles immediately below and coaxial with said die socket in another of its posit-ions, means for transferring the cap from the die socket directly to the mouth of said bottle cap-securing mechanism arranged adjacent to the path of the bottles on said carrier, means for actuating the cap-transferring means and cap-'securing mechanism simultaneously for different bottles, and means operatively connected to said cap-transferring means and cap-securing mechanism for moving said carrier in between the times when the cap-,transferring means and the cap-securing mechanism is in operation.

7. In a device of the character described,

a die socket, a plunger adapted to coperate with said die socket to stamp a blank thereinto for forming a bottle cap, a bottle holding socket, means for bringing the die socket and the bottle-holding socket into coaxial alinement, and means adapted to transfer the bottle cap from said die socket directly to the mouth of a bottle carried by said bottle socket, said plunger and die socket being operatively connected to adapt them to be coaXially arranged at times when said die socket and bottle-holding socket are not coaXially arranged.

8. In a device of the character described, a die socket, a plunger adapted to coperate with said die socket to stamp a blank thereinto for forming a bottle cap, a bottle holding socket, means for bringing the die socket and the bott-le holding socket into coaxial alinement, and means adapted to transfer the bot-tlc cap from said die socket l directly to the mouth of a bottle carried by said bottle socket, said plunger and die socket being operatively connected to adapt them to be coaXially arranged at times when said die socket and bottle-holding socket are not coaxially arranged, said bottle-holding socket being movably mounted, and cap-securing mechanism suitably disposed to act upon the cap on said bottle after said bottle socket has been removed Afrom cap-transferring position.

socket when said die socket is removed from its position of coaxial alinement with said bottle socket, and means coperatively connected to the means for rotating said plates and adapted to transfer the cap from the die socket directly to a bottle in said bottle socket when said die socket and bottle socket are in coaxial alinement.

10. In af machine of the character described, a die socket, a plunger coperating therewith, a blank-cutting device provided with means for returning said blank to the space in a strip of material from which said blank has been severed, means for feeding a strip of material to said blank-cutting device and die socket successively, said feeding means being adapted to arrest said strip when the blank is in position to be formed in said die-socket, and means for actuating said plunger to displace the blank from the strip.

11. In a machine' of the character de scribed, the combination with means for rotatably mounting a roll of material out of which vessel closures are to be constructed, a stamp for severing blanks from said strip,

, said stamp being provided with means for returning theblank to the space from which it has been displaced, a plunger adapted to coperate with a suitable die socket for imparting the desired form of the closure to said blank, a rotary table, a plurality of die sockets carried by said table and adapted to successively come into register with said plunger, and means adapted to impart a periodic feeding movement to the strip of material, each period of rest of said feeding means being arranged so that each blank will be held by the strip in suitable position to be stamped in one of the die sockets.

12. In a machine of the character described, a jig plate provided with an aperture conforming to the blank of a cap and another aperture conforming to the plan 'outline of the cap formed from said blankfa .blank stamp arranged to register with the rst said aperture, a` aten conforming to said stamp and yopposltely disposed thereto, said platen being resiliently mounted to ada lt it to return the blank to the plane of its eeding movement, a die socket -suitably mounted to move into and out of register with the a erture which conforms to the plan outline of)- the cap and a plunger reciproy cable through the last lsaid aperture.

13. In a machine of the character described, a jig plate provided with apertures' conforming respectively to the blank of a cap and the plan outline of said cap when completed, said jig plate being arcuately recessed, a blank stamp adapted to. register with the first aperture, a rotary plate or tablejilling the arcuate recess in said jig plate and carryin a die socket adapted to be brought perio ically into register with the second said aperture by the rotation of said plate or table, a plunger suit-ably mounted to reciprocate through the second said aperture and into said die socketwhen said die socket is in register with the second aperture, and means for feeding a strip of material to said blank stamp, said means being adapted to transport said blank to said die socket by the aid of said strip.

14. In a machine of the character described, ajig plate provided with apertures conforming respectively to the blank of a cap and the plan outline of said cap when complet-ed, said jig plate being arcuately recessed, a blankstamp adapted to register with the first aperture, a rotary plate or table filling the arcuate recess in said jig plate and carrying a downwardly presented die socket adapted to be brought periodib cally into register with the said second aperture by the rotation of said plate or table, a plunger suitably mounted to reciprocate through the second said aperture and into said die socket when said die socket is in register with the second aperture, means for feeding a strip of material to said blank stamp, the said means being adapted to `from the die socket to the mouth of said bottle.

15. In a machine of the character described, a rotary table provided with a die socket, a reciprocating cross head, plungers carried by said cross-head, the movement of said rotary table being adapted to bring said die socket into. coaxial alinement with said plungers successively to perform different operations on a cap blank, a cam, a cam rolleroperated by said cam, a pair of bell crank levers oscillated by said cam and cam roller, one of said bell crank levers being operatably connected to said cross head, and a cap displacing plunger reciprocably mounted in said die socket, the other of said bell crank levers bein suitably mounted to strike said cap disp acing plunger when said die socket assumes a predetermined position means into suitable vrelative positions tov adapt said cap to be applied directly to said receptacle.

a downwardly presented die socket mounted' on one of said plates or tables', an upwardly presented Abottle holding` socket mounted on the other of said plates or tables, the periodic movements of said plates or tables being adapted to bring the die socket and bottle-holding socket into coaxial alinement,

a plunger adapted to cooperate with said ldie socket in la predetermined position away from the position of said coaxial alinement,

with the bottle holding socket, cam operated means for periodically reciprocating said plunger by power derived from said cam shaft, a capsule displacing plunger reciprocably mounted in said die socket, and cam l .operated means deriving its power from said cam shaft and including a lever suitably disposed to` actuate the plunger in said die socket when said die socket is in the said position of coaxial alinement with the bottle holding socket. y

18. In a machine adapt-ed to construct a capsule and to apply said capsule to the neck of a bottle, and to secure said capsule to the neck of a bottle, the combination with two -plates or tables rotatable about parallel axes, said plates or tables being operatably connected by means including intermeshing gears part-aking respectively of the angular movements of said plates or tables, a cam shaft, cam operated means adapted to impart a periodic movement to one of said means by power derived from said cam shaft, a downwardly presented die socket mounted on one of said plates or tables, and upwardly presented b`ottle`* holding `socket mounted on the other of said plates or tables, the periodic movements of said tables or plates being adapted to bring the die socket and bottle-holding socket into coaxial alinement,a plunger adapted to coperate with said die socket in a predetermined position, away from the position of said coaxial alinement With the bottle holding socket, cam operated means for periodically reci rocatinor said plunger by power derived rom sai cam shaft, a capsule displacing plunger reciprocably mounted in said die socket, cam operated means deriving its power from said cam shaft and including a lever suitably disposed to, actuate the plunger in said die socket when said die socket is in the said position of coaxial alinement with the bottle holding socket, capsule securing means disposed adjacent the path of the bottle-holding socket, and means cooperatively actuating said cam shaft and said capsule securing means.

19. In a device of the character described, a rotary table, a die socket mounted thereon, spaced plungers adapted to enter said socket in successive positions of said socket, one of said pl-ungers being adapted to stamp a metallic cap and the other plunger being adapted to insert a seal into said cap, and a bottle support disposed below the path-of travel .of said socket and at a distance from said plungers, said socket being prov-vided with means adapted to be operated to displace a capsule from' said socket onto the neck of a bottle mounted on said bottle support. v

20. In a machine of 4the character described, the combination of cap-shaping means, a portion of which is adapted to hold said cap after it is shaped, means for presenting receptacles to be capped, means for bringing said cap-holding portion of the cap-shaping means and said receptacle-presenting means into suitable relative positions to adapt the -cap to be applied directly to the receptacle, and means for applying said cap to said receptacle.

21. 'Ihe combination with -a dev-ice for constructing a vessel closure, of means-for presenting a vessel in suitable position to have sa-id closure applied directly thereto, means for operating said closure constructing means, and means for rendering .said operating means inoperative, vthe lastsaid means being adapted to be held inoperative bya vessel when operatively related to said vessel present-ing means, the last said means comprising a power disconnecting device and embodying an element adapted to be engaged by a portion of the vessel present-ing mea-ns when there is no vessel operatively related thereto, said portion of the presenting means lbeing adapted to be displaced by said vessel into a position in which said element will not engage it. l

22. The combination with a closure constructing device provided with means for applying a closure directly to a vessel, of a power-driven element operatably connected to said closure constructing device, a traveling support adapted to present a vessel to ing support adapted to present a vessel to said closure applying means, saidv support being adapted to be displaced relatively to its path of travel, and means for disconnecting said power-driven element from said closure constructing device, the last said means including an element suitably disposed to be engaged by said .support when not displaced by a vessel mounted thereon.

24. The combination with a closure constructing device provided with means for applying a closure directly to a vessel, of a power driven element operatably connected to said closure constructing device, a traveling support adapted to present a vessel to said closure applying means, said supporty being adapted to be displaced relatively to its path of travel, and means for disconnecting said power-driven element from said closure constructing device, the last said means comprising a clutch and a mechanism adapted to shift said clutch, said mechanism including an element movable by said vessel-support When not displaced by a vessel thereon.

25. The combination of a closure-constructing device, a closure applying device adapted to apply a closure directly to a vessel presented thereto, a depressible traveling support adapted to present a vessel to said closure-applying device,.a power-driven element, means including a clutch, for operatably connecting said element to said closure constructing device, a lever for operating said clutch, a reciprocable bolt, said vesselsupport being provided with a lug suitably disposed to engage said bolt when said support is not depressed by a vessel thereon, and means operatably connecting said bolt to the clutch operating lever.

26. In a machine of the character de scribed, the combination of cap shaping means including a cap shaping die, means adapted to bring a rece tacle and said die into suitable relative positions to have a cap transferred from said die to said receptacle and means for transferring said cap from the die to said receptacle. o

27. In a machine of the character described, means for presenting a receptacle in suitable position to have a cap applied thereto, means for shaping a cap and for bringing the shaped cap and said receptacle-presenting means into suitable relative positions to have the cap applied directly to a receptacle, and means for applying said cap to the receptacle.

28. The combination with a closure-applying device, of means for presenting a vessel in suitable position to have said closure applied directly thereto, means for operating said closuresapplying device, and means for rendering said operating means inoperative, the last said means including an element Which is adapted to be rdisplaced by the vessel presenting means when no vessel is operatively related thereto, said vessel presenting means being adapted to pass said element Without displacing it When there is a vessel operatively related thereto.

29. The combination .With a closure applying device, of means for presenting a veslast said means and said vessel presentingdevice being provided with normally interengaging portions to Which. a relative displacement is imparted by a vessel operatively related to said vessel presenting means, the means for 'renderin said operating means inoperative, including a clutch adapted to be operated by one of said interengaging portions.

31. In a machine of the characterdef scribed, the combination of a cap-shaping plunger, a die coperating therewith for shaping a cap a cap applying device associated With said die, said die .being suit-ably -mounted to transfer the cap from .cap-shap-v e ing posit-ion to cap-applying position, and means for successively presenting. vessels in suitable position to have the caps applied. directly thereto by said cap applying device.

FRIEDERICH MULLER. Witnesses:

W. M. SfroRRs, 4 C. -M. GELLERT. 

